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AHVS370A - Popular Film and Cultural Theory

Description

A study of popular film and its social and political function. Special attention is paid to mainstream films, especially Hollywood genre films, in the interest of exploring the ideological significance of popular film. An exploration of divergent views on the role of popular film within cultural theory provides the context for the analysis of selected films.

Units

1.5

Hours: lecture-lab-tutorial

3-0-0

Formerly

HA 370, HA 370A

Note(s)

  • Credit will be granted for only one of AHVS 370A, HA 370, HA 370A, HA 392 (if taken in the same topic).

Course offered by

Department of Art History and Visual Studies

Course schedules

Summer timetable available: February 15. Fall and Spring timetables available: May 15.

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